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Hongkong Daily Press.
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No. 84535. #6### #¤¶±т HONG KONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1937. # BAл***** Price
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WIND ARRIVES
ARRIVES AT CROYDON
DIVINE WIND
MACAO GOVERNOR WELCOMED
Distinguished Gathering At Kowloon Wharf
CLUB LUSITANO RECEPTION:
DINNER LAST" NIGHT
His Excellency the Governor-Designate of Macao. Senhor Artur Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa, arrived in the Colony short- ly before 5.30 pm. yesterday aboard the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Rosso, from Europe, accompanied by his three sons, and. Lieut.- Col. Joel Viera (Private Secretary) and Lieut. Blo d'Abreu, A.D.C. His Excellency was officially welcomed by Capt. W. J. R. Craze, A.D.C., on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, Slr An- drew Caldecott.
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At 4.45 p.m. the Governor's motor launch, Britannia, de- parted from Queen's Statue Pier for the Kowloon Wharf to meet On board the Britannia were Capt. Craze, the Conte Rosso. Senhor A. Brilhante Laborinho, Portuguese Consul in Hong Kong, and a party of Macao officials, "including Comm. Albano Oliveira, Chairman of the Macao Municipal Couneli and Chairman of the Committee organised at Macao to welcome His Excellency Senhor Barbosa, and Comm. Samuel Vieira, Harbour Master, representing the Macao Government.
When the Conte Rosso tled" up | General of Macao, representing alongside the Kowloon Wharf. His Lordship the Bishop of Macao; Capt. Cragg proceeded up the gangway of the Italian liner to meet His Excellency Senhor Bar- bosa and on behalf of His Ex- cellency, Bir Andrew Caldecott, welcomed the Macao Governor- Designate to Hong Kong. Greet ings were then exchanged with the Macao oficials and after this the entourage returned to Queen's Statue Pler at 7 p.m.
MACAO VISITORS
at Visitors from Macao,
the wharf, included Dr. F... Sampaio, Colonial Secretary at Macao, the Rey, Canon Patricio Mendes, Vicar
General Themudo de Vera, Mana- ger of the Banco Nacional Ultra- marino; Major A. Arez, Chief of Military Stan; Dr. J. Alves Fer- reira, Attorney General at Macao, Mr. H. Nolasco da Silva, Dr. 'Pedro Lobato, Dr. Joao da Vila Franca, Capt. Gorgulho, Commissioner of Police; Mr. P. J. Lobo, Mr. A. A. de Mello, Dr. Lew. Yuk-lin. Mr. Fan Kit-pang, President of the Maçao Chinese Merchants Association: Mr. L. Martins, Postmaster General, and many other ladies and gentle- men.
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Some engaged in conversation while others move about at the Valley Race Meeting."
R.M.A. DELPHINUS
The R.M.A. Delphinus left Kal Tak for Penang yesterday with two passengers, Messrs. Dickinson and Laws, 1 k'o of freight and 161.319 kilos of mall.
HEALTH RETURNS
One case of small-pox, one of cerebro-spinal fever and one of dysentery were reported for the 24 hours ended on Thursday.
Election Fight
In Belgium
Brussels, Apr. 8..
port of van Zeeland which may
RECORD FLIGHT FROM JAPAN
TERRIBLY · TIRED WHILE FLYING OVER ARABIA
LONDON, APRIL 9.
THE DIVINE WIND, THE "ASAHI SHIMBUN'8" ́ JAPAN-BUILT MONOPLANE WHICH LEFT TOKYO ON MONDAY, REACHED CROYDON AIHFOET AT 3.26 PM
Le Bourget aerodrome where the airmen had their last stop before carrying on to Croydon was invaded by Japanese carrying national flags. Hundreds of sightseers stood outside the railings, while French Government officials and the Japanese Embassy staff awalled the arrival of the airmen on the field.
Masaki Unuma piloted the machine' with Kenil Trukagoshi as his companion. Unuma Inform- ed Router at Athens that while flying over Arabia he felt very tired, but he carried on." bearing in mind the desires of his friends in Japan.
Athens, April 9.
SATISFIED WITH FLIGHT
Rome, April 9. The Japanese airman Unuma of
The Divine Wind arrived here the monoplane Divine Wind, inter-
at 9.46 am, viewed by Reuter here said:
The airmen, who left at 10.38 "While flying over Arabia I felt
said that they were terribly tired, but I thought of | satisfied with the flight. They friends in Japan who had urged were met by the Japanese "Am- bassador and the whole Embassy me to carry on."
He added that the engine be haved beautifully Router.
as
$1.00
very
ataff, the Italian Commandant of the Air Zone and representa tives of the various ministries.--
Reister...
London April §.
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The two Japanese airmen who are making a goodwill flight to London in the monoplane Divine wind spent the night at Atlens and set off this morning on final stages of the fight which began from Tokyo on Monday, evening.
After landing at Rome, where they remained for one hour, they proceeded to Le Bourget which it
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It Beggars Description!
A correspondent having read the letter in our issue of Thursday on the subject of street pests In the form of an army of beggars, has been set to philosophise in verse. So we have exercised our Editorial privilege by giving this modest correspondent. (maybe a Scot-who knows?) an adjecit tival nom de plume.
How he goes:
The Phin Clothes · Police--how very" plain, False bearded, falre moustached, With here a' kick, and there a Wage with the Great Unwashed --
A holy war, 'tin - deitien, They strive to protect,
curze
The God of Pleasure Shipa no less,
in jure und gems ·bedecked.
A spinster, prim, her faded charms Close helmeted and veiled
Is guarded so that often she i
A Royalty is hailed.
A French marquis, not known rare in
The Almanac de Gotha
le pampered, when in resident
Counts here оnе
amali iota
THE STREET
SINGER
Dress Rehearsal At Queen's Theatre
Sounds of hammering greeted me
I felt my way through the darkness of the stalls at the Queen's Theatre last night. Stage- carpenters were fixing scenery and a Boy Scout giving first aid to a mullioned window..... everything seemed rather chaotic, until sud- denly a figure with a megaphone lcomed through the gloom. Then, as it by magic order emerged out of chaos! The curtain dropped! The orchestra took their places! The conductor. appeared in his stand! a pause, a.whispered word, then he rapped his desk smartly "Are you all ready. ... then of we go."
Belgium is on tip-toe with ex- turn the Roman Catholics for De-"Blonde" leads them in the opening citement over Sunday's by-election | grelle. This considerably worries
in which Leon Degrelle, leader of the Government.
the Rexists, (Belgian Fascists) at- tacks the seat of the Prime Min-
1ster, M. van Zeeland.
The Rexists are flooding voters tons of mailed pro- with forty paganda daily and rival posters The election is regarded as a
describe van Zeeland as a "prison straight fight between Parliamen-er of Moscow and Degrelle a tary Government and Facisism. "Hitler's lackey.".
The orchestra played the opening bars and up went the curtain on the first scene of The Street Binger! A splendid start, a stage that alls with pretty girls and gay art students, while a most attractive
song and dance.... then 'a drama- tic pause, and the Hero appears ...and let me tell you here and now that he is simply splendid and everything a Hero should be..!! handsome, dashing and gay, and charming.
Van Zeeland's return is a foregone Degrelle's youth, charm and per- conclusión but a narrow majority sanal good looks make the oppon-he makes the best of it in a rol-
will be regarded as a moral vicente glad that women tory for Degrelle, hence the Com-voting- munists do not welcome the sup- Reuter.
are not
He is ruined" and "penniless, ·bit.
licking ditty with a rousing chorus called "I Don't Care.""
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The Tourists from the Empress boate,” Franconians and · such,
Have found our island fine, for they Areuerer, shown too inuch;
No vagrant pesters them to see Fix unattended sores,
No beggar whines his torments to The stranger - on our, shores.
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It is to him an Eden smert Set in a sapphire nai,
The Police dont give a damn, how it Approri to you and me.
What matter if such nuisances - Give u
ne moment's rent, Provided that the tourists leave Complacent and impressed?
“PERIPATETIC."
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TO-DAY'S RACES
Final Selections
(BY "LAST QUARTER") The following are the final selections "for to-day's races:—
RACE 1-2 p.m. Apilas, Commencement Bay,
Vira.
RACE 2 Expansion Time. Dawn Star.' Bose Queen,
RACK 3 Holiday Eve. Vixen Tor. Double Finesse,
RACE 4 Bear Claw Gladiator. Soldier of Britain. RACE 5
A Great Time. The Right Time. Solerina.
... RACE 6 Atomic Star.
Helephant, Whalsey,"
RACE 1 Soldier of China. Boolat Bay, King's Jubilee.
BACE 8 Gold Coin Valorous. Diogenes..
RACE 9 National Anthem. Tabby Cat. Declasse
**DAILY DOUBLE
A Great Time and Soldier of China.
AMAZING. FIGURES
Over 1,000,000 Boy Scouts- In America
The are 1,004,802 Boy Scouts in America made up as follows:
Scouts
Sea Scouts
Cubs
Scouters
Cubbers
€88,699
19,590
60,732
224.949
10,882
One Scouter to every three boyat ---or is my arithmetic alling? com- mente a correspondent.
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"DISFIGURING HONG KONG"
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Colonial Secretary Hints
Government Might Act
DOUBTFUL IF HOARDINGS ARE
OF “ANY COMMERCIAL VALUE”
CORRESPONDENT'S CAUSTIC CRITICISM
Particularly significant was the comment made yesterday by the Colonial Secretary, Hon. Mr. N.L. Smith, regarding the disfigurement of Hong Kong by unsightly hoardings, when he said:---
"I think if there was strong enough" opinion on the subject, the Government might appoint a small Committee to look into the question of hoardings."
Mr. Smith also said he was 'always doubtful whether such advertisements are of any commercial value."
GOVERNOR HAS POWER
definité as to the meaning of the Mr. Smith said that he had read, advertisements which can be con- the leading article in our issue of trolled, namely "advertisements of Thursday under, the heading of any kind which are visible from any Disfiguring Hong Kong" and as street, or from the waters of the a result he had looked up all the Colony, or from any land or build.. previous correspondence regarding ing not belonging to or in posses~/ advertisements generally He said sion of the owner er occupier of that the original Ordinance, wälen (the mere building an os in which is called the Advertisements Re- the advertisements are exhibited." gulation Ordinance,"was passed in 1912 and it gave the Governor-in-2, Council power to make regulations for the control of, hoardings etc.
TERMS OF ORDINANCE A This was amended in 1925 and the amendment was rather more
In the "Government Gazette" of June 16, 1933, Mr. Briith said that there were some further regulations about neon signs and that the Fire Brigade was chiefly concerned with them.
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Photograph shows the Military Band at the Fanling point-to- point meeting last Sunday.
CRICKET TOURISTS IN PENANG
Two-Day Match
- Penang, April 9. Bir Jullien Cabn's touring eleven started a two-day cricket Page S match against Penang to-day Page 6, 8, 9. The home side won the toss and Page 3.
batted arst, scoring 134 ritna.", Page 7..
The visiting team had scored, Page 12, 13. 156 for three wickets at close of
play-
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